US7351941B2 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in microwave oven - Google Patents

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US7351941B2
US7351941B2 US10/806,143 US80614304A US7351941B2 US 7351941 B2 US7351941 B2 US 7351941B2 US 80614304 A US80614304 A US 80614304A US 7351941 B2 US7351941 B2 US 7351941B2
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  • the present invention relates to a microwave oven and an information appliance like a PDA for transmitting/receiving data. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven, in which a PDA with a data transmitting/receiving function downloads data over the network like Internet and transmits the data to the microwave oven where food is cooked based on the transmitted data, and if necessary, the state of the microwave oven is transmitted to the information appliance, i.e. the PDA.
  • microwave ovens are cooking appliances, which heat and eventually cook food through microwaves output from a magnetron.
  • an infrared sensor is usually used.
  • the infrared sensor is installed at one side of a cooking cavity, to trace the food to be cooked by detecting a temperature change on the surface of the food and to transmit the temperature information to a microprocessor inside of the microwave oven. Then, based on the detected surface temperature of the food to be cooked, the microprocessor determines cooking and control conditions.
  • a related art microwave oven includes a turntable 11 on which food to be cooked is mounted; a magnetron 12 for generating electromagnetic waves, the electromagnetic waves being incident on the food inside of a cooking cavity 10 through a waveguide; a cooling fan 13 for cooling the heated magnetron 12 ; and an infrared sensor 14 for detecting the temperature of the food to be cooked.
  • the microwave oven with the above-described constitution operates as follows.
  • a controller (not shown) drives the magnetron 12 .
  • the electromagnetic waves generated from the magnetron 12 are irradiated to the cavity 10 through the waveguide, and the food to be cooked is heated.
  • the infrared sensor 14 outputs different voltage values according to the temperature of the food to be cooked, ad the values are applied to the controller via a series of signal processes.
  • the controller drives the magnetron 12 to heat the food to be cooked until the temperature of the food reaches a target temperature.
  • the cooling fan 13 cools the heated magnetron 12 while the food is being cooked.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a data transmitting/receiving microwave oven 20 according to a related art.
  • the data transmitting/receiving microwave 20 includes a display 22 for displaying data to be announced to a user; a load drive unit 23 for driving loads of magnetron and heater; a modem 26 for accessing the microwave oven to an outside media 27 , a PC 27 a or a server 27 b for example; a serial communication unit 25 for conducting a serial communication with the modem 26 ; a data storage unit 24 for storing data received through the serial communication unit 25 ; and Micom 21 interfaced with the above elements and controlling them.
  • the modem 26 and the serial communication unit 25 built in the related art data transmitting/receiving microwave oven 20 make possible to access to the PC 27 a or the server 27 b , thereby transmitting and receiving data.
  • the modem 26 or the serial communication unit 25 built in the related art data transmitting/receiving microwave oven contributed to an increase in price of the microwave oven.
  • An object of the invention is to solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described hereinafter.
  • one object of the present invention is to solve the foregoing problems by providing a microwave oven with a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with a data transmitting/receiving information appliance, whereby the microwave oven can display transmitted/received data and cook the food based on the data.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a microwave control system for displaying the state of the microwave oven and transmitting the data on the state of the microwave oven, whereby a user does not have to disassemble the microwave to find out whether the microwave needs to be repaired.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a microwave oven capable of receiving wirelessly a program for use in the microwave oven from a wireless data transmitting/receiving information appliance, a PDA for example, the program being downloaded from Internet, and a communication method between the microwave oven and the information appliance.
  • an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven having a data transmitting/receiving function from an external system including: a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external system including an information appliance; a data storage unit for storing transmitted/received data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or downloaded data from Internet; a display unit for displaying transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit; a load drive unit for driving a magnetron and/or a heater; and Micom interfaced with the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit, the data storage unit, the display unit, and the load drive unit, and interpreting the transmitted data from the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit and/or checking a state of the microwave oven, and controlling the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit to transmit the data on the state of the microwave oven to an information appliance.
  • a method for transmitting and receiving data in a microwave oven includes the steps of: installing at a data transmitting/receiving information appliance a program to be communicated with the microwave; receiving data in the information appliance over network or a server; transmitting the received data to the microwave oven; storing and/or displaying the received data; and cooking, in the microwave oven, food based on the received data.
  • a method for transmitting and receiving data between data transmitting/receiving microwave oven and information appliance includes the steps of: displaying on the microwave oven or the information appliance data on a state of the microwave oven at a user's request or according to the state of the microwave oven; and determining the state of the microwave oven on the basis of the displayed data.
  • the microwave oven and data communication method thereof can be advantageously used in that the microwave is capable of interfacing with Internet through an information appliance, a PDA for example, without requiring a built-in Internet communication equipment like a modem, and receiving wirelessly a data that is specially formatted to be transmitted and received over the Internet. Therefore, increase in price of the microwave oven with the communication equipment is minimized, and a user interface is provided.
  • the internal state of the microwave oven can be diagnosed based on the data on the state of the microwave oven being transmitted to the information appliance, namely the PDA. Accordingly, repair cost of the microwave can be minimized and users' convenience is increased.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a related art microwave oven
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a data transmitting/receiving microwave oven according to a related art
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a microwave oven for transmitting/receiving data according to the present invention
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an internal configuration of a transmitting/receiving unit for data transmitting/receiving according to the present invention
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a communication protocol hierarchy diagram between an information appliance and a microwave oven for conducting wireless data communication according to the present invention
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a packet data structure being transmitted/received according to the present invention
  • FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating data transmission from an information appliance to a microwave oven according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating data transmission from a microwave oven to an information appliance according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a microwave oven for transmitting/receiving data to/from an information appliance, according to the present invention.
  • the wireless data transmitting/receiving microwave oven 30 further includes a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 for transmitting/receiving data wirelessly, and a data storage unit 34 for storing transmitted/received data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 , or downloaded data.
  • the data transmitting/receiving microwave oven 30 of the present invention includes a display unit 32 for displaying transmitted data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 , and a load drive unit 33 for driving loads of magnetron and heater.
  • the microwave oven 30 includes Micom 31 interfaced with the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 , the data storage unit 34 , the display unit 32 , and the load drive unit 33 , and controlling these elements.
  • the Micom 31 interprets the transmitted data through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 and controls the elements based on the data interpretation. Also, the Micom 31 checks a present internal state of the microwave oven, and controls the transmitting/receiving unit 35 to transmit the data on the present internal state of the microwave oven to an information appliance, i.e. PDA.
  • the microwave oven of the present invention is capable of conducting wireless data communication with a wireless data transmitting/receiving system 39 via the information appliance.
  • the wireless data transmitting/receiving system 39 includes an information appliance like the PDA 36 operated by a user for conducting wireless data transmission/receiving, and a PC 37 a or a server 37 b functioning as an intermediate medium 37 being accessed to the information appliance for data communication.
  • the intermediate medium 37 downloads data on different specifications of microwave ovens over Internet 38 .
  • the information appliance 36 transmits the data to the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 of a related microwave oven 30 , and the Micom 31 either stores the transmitted data in the data storage unit 34 or displays the data on the display unit 32 .
  • the user can download all data information necessary for cooking, different recipes or specific cooking information in a large capacity for example, with the help of a user interface.
  • the Micom 31 checks user's requests or the present state of the microwave oven periodically or aperiodically, and transmits the related information to the information appliance 36 (e.g., the PDA) through the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 . Then the display unit 32 , under the control of the Micom 31 , displays the present internal state of the microwave oven to the information appliance 36 .
  • the information appliance 36 e.g., the PDA
  • the displayed data on the information appliance 36 or the transmitted data from the microwave oven is transmitted to the networked PC 37 a or server 37 b for information interchange.
  • the state of the microwave oven can easily be diagnosed or checked without disassembling the inside of the microwave oven.
  • the information appliance PDA 36 can download cooking related data or necessary programs for the microwave oven directly over the Internet 38 .
  • the operation of the microwave oven 30 is controllable by the PDA also.
  • the user can transmit a control command to the microwave oven using the data transmitting/receiving PDA, and manipulate the microwave oven to cook the food the user wants.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the internal configuration of the transmitting/receiving unit in FIG. 3 for wireless data transmitting/receiving.
  • the transmitting/receiving unit includes an antenna 47 for used in data transmitting/receiving; a duplexer 41 for duplexing the antenna state according to whether data needs to be transmitted or received; a transmitter 43 /a receiver 42 , separated by the duplexer 41 ; an amplifier 44 for amplifying the transmitted/received data; an ADC 45 for converting data; and a Codec 46 .
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a communication protocol hierarchy diagram between the information appliance and the microwave oven for conducting wireless data communication, according to the present invention.
  • an international standard layer e.g., OSI 7 layers
  • OSI 7 layers an international standard layer
  • inter layer communication is conducted between three independent layers, namely application layer, data link layer, and physical layer.
  • the protocol layers in FIG. 5 can be divided into a first layer ( 51 ), a second layer ( 52 ), and a third layer ( 53 ), on the basis of the well-known three low layers of OSI (Open System Interface: OSI) standard model in communication system.
  • OSI Open System Interface
  • the first layer ( 51 ) functions as a PHY (physical layer) for air interface, and is connected to an upper layer through a transfer channel.
  • the data When data is transmitted to the PHY through the transport channel, the data is subject to diverse coding and modulation systems appropriate for a wireless environment before the data is transmitted to a receiver.
  • the second layer ( 52 ) functions as a data link layer. Many appliances share resources in the system network.
  • the third layer ( 53 ) is in charge of control over the transport channel and physical channels, in connection with set up, reset and release of wireless carriers.
  • the physical layer 51 includes a data communication means for conducting wireless data transmitting/receiving between the information appliance, such as the user's PDA, and the microwave oven; and a data storage means (a part of the Micom internal memory or an extra memory) for storing data downloaded by the data communication means.
  • a bluetooth module can be used, which conducts bluetooth communication between the information appliance and the microwave oven through a master/a slave.
  • the application layer interprets the data received from the physical layer and processes the data, and produces data information to be transmitted to the physical layer.
  • the data information which the application layer transmits/receives includes a message in relation to load control on time, temperature and output for a cook recipe, or memory control method; a message in relation to a control method that is not pre-designated in the microwave oven and a screen; and a necessary message for transmitting information on the internal state of the microwave oven to the information appliance PDA.
  • the application layer corresponds to the Micom 35 in FIG. 3 .
  • the data link layer constructs a packet by using the data information transmitted from the application layer, and transmits the packet to the physical layer.
  • the data link layer processes a packet transmitted from the physical layer, and transmits the processed packet to the application layer.
  • the data link layer corresponds to the interface between the Micom 31 , the data storage unit 34 , and the wireless data transmitting/receiving unit 35 .
  • the data is interfaced in a message unit between the application layer and the data link layer, while the data is interfaced in a full packet unit between the data link layer and the physical layer.
  • data transmitting/receiving between the microwave oven and the information appliance is performed on the basis of ACK or NAK system, in which a data transmitting side transmits only one packet of data, and a data receiving side sends an ACK or NAK signal as a response.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of packet data for use in data transmitting/receiving between the microwave oven and the information appliance PDA.
  • the packet data includes a head containing information about data characteristics or the transmitting and receiving sides, STX (Start of text), ETX (End of text), packet length, packet content, flag, CRC for checking errors, message command code, ACK/NAK and so forth.
  • FIG. 7 is a flow chart describing data transmission from the information appliance to the microwave oven.
  • a program to be communicated with the microwave oven is installed in the data transmitting/receiving information appliance (S 701 ).
  • the program Since the program is communicated with each microwave oven, the program can be stored or downloaded from the outside over the Internet.
  • the information appliance receives the data or the program directly over the Internet or through the server (S 702 ).
  • the received data is transmitted to the microwave oven (S 703 ).
  • the received data is either stored and/or displayed, and using the displayed data, the microwave oven cooks the food (S 704 and S 705 ).
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating data transmission from the microwave oven to the information appliance.
  • the present state of the microwave oven is transmitted to the information appliance at a user's request or according to the state of the microwave oven, and the information is displayed on the information appliance (S 801 ).
  • the information about the state of the microwave oven is transmitted periodically or aperiodically.
  • the data transmitting/receiving system in the microwave oven receives data from the data transmitting/receiving information appliance, namely the PDA, wherein the PDA downloaded the data over the Internet, and displays the data.
  • the microwave oven cooks the food, and if necessary, the data on the state of the microwave oven is transmitted to the information appliance.

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